Press Box: IN BRIEF

In Brief

January 21, 2008

*COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Rich Rodriguez agreed to a six-year deal worth $2.5 million annually when he left West Virginia last month to coach at Michigan. The contract, which has not been finalized or signed, also includes a $4 million buyout. The terms of Rodriguez's deal were confirmed Sunday by school spokesman Bruce Madej. When Rodriguez was introduced as Michigan's new coach on Dec. 17, school officials declined to comment on any details of the deal. *SOCCER: Shannon Boxx scored on a looping header from 11 yards out in the 77th minute and the United States beat host China 1-0 to win the Four Nations Tournament. Hope Solo, briefly dismissed from the U.S. team last year, started in goal for the second time in the tournament and had to make one save. Canada finished third in the tournament after drawing with Finland 1-1.

*HORSE RACING: Corey Nakatani, 37, a top jockey on the California circuit, broke his right collarbone Saturday while riding a horse during training at Hollywood Park and could miss two to three weeks.

*BOWLING: Mike Scroggins defeated Jack Jurek 254-199 in the final of the PBA's Motel 6 Dick Weber Open in Fountain Valley, Calif.